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[RWC2019][Pool B] Round 1 - New Zealand vs. South Africa (21/09/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="donmcdazzle" data-source="post: 959271" data-attributes="member: 44093"><p>Pretty spot on there mate. Couple of points to follow up on:</p><p></p><p>- A. Smith mucking around at the back of rucks was frustrating, couple of times added pressure unnecessarily</p><p>- We looked way better when we held that ball a bit at the end, as you say Ben Smith was doing some really good stuff on the short side. Can't see him getting back into the starting team but I liked him in the role he played. </p><p>- you're spot on about our right 5 defence. At times the boks had great continuity and kept rumbling the big boys, we did well to hold them</p><p>- I'm amazed the boks are complaining about the ref. They dodged a blatant yellow card (some pedantic refs may have also given a penalty try but I wouldn't have gone that far), and the try was scored from a huge offside intercept. </p><p>- for the boks, they had enough ball and territory to win. Got way too narrow on attack in our 22. If they had shifted the attack a bit wider they may have scored a couple more tries. I'm glad they didn't, but boks fans must've been screaming at them to spread it. </p><p>- Kitshoff is an awesome player, he and Kolbe were really good for SA. </p><p>- De Klerks box kicking was pretty awful. Pollard couldn't get into the game but I think that was more from the fact he wasn't getting much good fast ball to move onto. Seemed to go to one off runners until it got stagnant then back to Pollard to launch a bomb. </p><p></p><p>Either way, plenty of encouraging things for both teams and both have got improvement to come</p><p>I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donmcdazzle, post: 959271, member: 44093"] Pretty spot on there mate. Couple of points to follow up on: - A. Smith mucking around at the back of rucks was frustrating, couple of times added pressure unnecessarily - We looked way better when we held that ball a bit at the end, as you say Ben Smith was doing some really good stuff on the short side. Can’t see him getting back into the starting team but I liked him in the role he played. - you’re spot on about our right 5 defence. At times the boks had great continuity and kept rumbling the big boys, we did well to hold them - I’m amazed the boks are complaining about the ref. They dodged a blatant yellow card (some pedantic refs may have also given a penalty try but I wouldn’t have gone that far), and the try was scored from a huge offside intercept. - for the boks, they had enough ball and territory to win. Got way too narrow on attack in our 22. If they had shifted the attack a bit wider they may have scored a couple more tries. I’m glad they didn’t, but boks fans must’ve been screaming at them to spread it. - Kitshoff is an awesome player, he and Kolbe were really good for SA. - De Klerks box kicking was pretty awful. Pollard couldn’t get into the game but I think that was more from the fact he wasn’t getting much good fast ball to move onto. Seemed to go to one off runners until it got stagnant then back to Pollard to launch a bomb. Either way, plenty of encouraging things for both teams and both have got improvement to come I think. [/QUOTE]
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